Your letter of the 24th. inst. in reply to my
Lettergram regarding Mayo's account was brought out home to me
yesterday, where I was confined to my bed still suffering from
the severe cold which I contracted as a result of my jump from
Santiago ae Cuba to ieow York !and Boston. The )Doctor's c nation me
that I fn Ri'ply overdoing it "anr if I ai wil le -. -ill be more
careful" etc. :;-:- ; of th,-, re ayn, :iyb I .h'ball ?ini 4:-ir-, to
consider the coo.rvation of my health ind V tal -forceo. Meantime,
I :.m de7voting y beat thought an.i -I'tontion to th:- formulation of
definite plans for the SALVAGE of the Properties of the 2aco
Bay cr'nercial Co.

Yoau will e '-hTns recall that our Directors are
given certain specific authority undcr our Cnarter and By Laws;
an, r:eting unn r legal *':ice, thr Director- conferre' nuon meb,
t'.e right, power an', authority, ;o tako with ne to Cnba and to "
Jacksonville (really a hrnnch Office of the Company, -here Directors
meetings have been calle' and held) all Deeds, Books and papers'
necessary to thf advancement of the Company's interest;, etc. By
virfue of this authority, i have for the past four years, from time
to time, had with me thr most importanan nd valuable of the Comn-
pany's papers. Now, if you will refer to my Lettergrt m, you will
see, and certainly Secretary Cotton and your Aluditor should have
seen, that what I asked for was not aL of the Books, Vouchers,
etc. of the Company, but "all oo vouchers, reports, pay-rolls,
and papers necessary to complete audit of iay.o's account from the
beginning of his employment to date" I only %v noted such papers
etc, as voere IECESSARY to check up Mayo, and ny Lettergram Mas
not sent to you until the entire matter had been c refully' weighed
from both a legal and practical aspect.

A MIn simple and blunt iEnglish, I do not like the

looks of things as presented by layo's figures, and I propose, if
it is possible, to get the naked facts as to exactly what money
has come into the hands of Hlayo, for and in heh&alf of this Con-
pany. To do this, I must begin at A and w-ork do'-n to Z, and I
shall need ev ry ocnnment, book or paper bearing on the matter,
and i cin sor no renrson "-hy they should not be sent here. If,
however, ounr Auicttr's &pinion is to control, then I think it
will bo necessary, either to ask a* Order of the Court permitting
such books anc pp..er ao are necessary to my investigation, to
b shipped to an Officer of the Comrnpny in Jnclksonville, or to
send *ecrctary Cotton clo'n h're': -.t :h, or, I -uuvit corit to the
Boston UOffic to "'o t1ih work.